Jury Awards $61.7 Million to Parents of High School Baseball Player Killed in Traffic Collision
HAWTHORNE, California — A jury in Inglewood Superior Court awarded over $61.7 million to the parents of Jesse Esphorst Jr., a 16-year-old high school baseball player who was killed in a traffic collision in 2017. The jury found that two drivers involved in the crash were at fault after deliberation on Tuesday, according to the attorney representing Jesse’s mother. The fatal collision occurred on March 7, 2017, at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Crest Road. Jesse Esphorst Sr., Jesse Jr.’s father, was driving their minivan and attempting to make a left turn onto Crest … Read more